Mount Hanang is a mountain in northern
Tanzania
Tanzania (; ), officially the United Republic of Tanzania ( sw, Jamhuri ya Muungano wa Tanzania), is a country in East Africa within the African Great Lakes region. It borders Uganda to the north; Kenya to the northeast; Comoro Islands ...
. The peak has an elevation of 3,420 m
above sea level. Hanang is located in
Manyara Region
Manyara Region (''Mkoa wa Manyara'' in Swahili) is one of Tanzania's 31 administrative regions. The regional capital is the town of Babati. According to the 2012 national census, the region had a population of 1,425,131, which was lower than th ...
's
Hanang District. It is (after
Mount Kilimanjaro
Mount Kilimanjaro () is a dormant volcano in Tanzania. It has three volcanic cones: Kibo, Mawenzi, and Shira. It is the highest mountain in Africa and the highest free-standing mountain above sea level in the world: above sea level and ab ...
,
Mount Meru
Mount Meru ( Sanskrit/ Pali: मेरु), also known as Sumeru, Sineru or Mahāmeru, is the sacred five-peaked mountain of Hindu, Jain, and Buddhist cosmology and is considered to be the centre of all the physical, metaphysical and sp ...
and
Mount Loolmalasin) the fourth-highest mountain in Tanzania, if you count the three peaks of Kilimanjaro as one mountain.
The principal path to the summit starts in the town of
Katesh
Katesh is a town in northern Tanzania. The town is located in Hanang District, Manyara Region. Paved trunk road T14 from Singida to Babati passes through the town.
According to the 2012 census, the population of Katesh ward
Ward may refer t ...
. The climb can be done in one day (10 hours), but it is also common for climbers to spend one night in a tented camp on the mountain and reach the summit on the second day.
Hanang Forest Reserve
Mount Hanang Nature Forest Reserve has an area of 58.66 km², protecting an enclave of
evergreen montane forest on the mountain's higher slopes. Between 2000 and 2700 meters elevation, evergreen montane forest covers the mountain's wetter eastern and southern slopes, while the drier western and northern slopes are home to dry montane evergreen forest with bushland and grassland on the ridges. Above 2700 meters, the forests transition to ericaceous heathland and high-altitude grasslands.
["About Mount Hanang Nature Forest Reserve". Tanzania Forest Services Agency. Accessed 24 September 2019]
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See also
* List of Ultras of Africa
This is a list of all the Ultra prominent peaks (with topographic prominence greater than 1,500 metres) in Africa. Also shown is Mount Catherine in Sinai, Egypt which is not geographically part of Africa. Not listed here are the 5 Ultras of the Ca ...
* Manyara Region
Manyara Region (''Mkoa wa Manyara'' in Swahili) is one of Tanzania's 31 administrative regions. The regional capital is the town of Babati. According to the 2012 national census, the region had a population of 1,425,131, which was lower than th ...
Gallery
Image:Mount Hanang - from below.JPG
Image:Mount Hanang - around the summit.JPG
Image:Mount Hanang - around the summit 2.JPG
Image:Mount Hanang - around the summit 3.JPG
References
External links
* http://wikimapia.org/1898603/Mount-Hanang
* http://www.geonames.org/maps/google_-4.433_35.4.html
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Hanang
Hanang District is one of the six districts of the Manyara Region of Tanzania. It is bordered to the north by the Mbulu District and Babati Rural District, to the southeast by the Dodoma Region and to the southwest by the Singida Region. Mount ...
Hanang
Hanang District is one of the six districts of the Manyara Region of Tanzania. It is bordered to the north by the Mbulu District and Babati Rural District, to the southeast by the Dodoma Region and to the southwest by the Singida Region. Mount ...